BART Averts Strike Again

More Talks Scheduled for Wednesday

Federal mediators said Bay Area Rapid Transit trains will continue running Wednesday, extending for a third straight day contract talks aimed at averting a paralyzing strike.

The announcement Tuesday came about 90 minutes before a midnight deadline that unions involved in the labor dispute had set to declare the second BART strike since July. The unions representing about 2,300 train operators and station agents have been locked in a...